Bec

Personally I have suffered from depression. The first time was when I was fourteen. I self harmed, was in and out of hospital, had my first ambulance ride, went through numerous treatments, had to take a year off school and when I hit rock bottom I felt like life wasn't worth living. 

The mental health system and support my parents received at this time was not the best but mainly thanks to being surrounded by so much love and perseverance, I recovered like so many can.  About 9 years ago I relapsed again but this time had a better understanding of what was happening and it was easier to drag myself out and am now at a place in my life where all I feel is gratitude for my experience and joy for everyday I am blessed with. There is still a stigma associated with mental illness that makes it very hard to admit to having suffered, writing this down is like pulling teeth and the words aren't quite coming but I'm hoping with campaigns like this and with more education and openness we can break the stigma and allow people to feel brave enough to share their experiences. The amount of support that is available now is 100 times better then when I was a teenager but it still needs improvement there are so many gaps in the system and very little assistance in regional areas.  This cause hits close to home and if there is only a small thing I can do to help I am more than happy to at least try. 

I will be doing 25 pushups over 25 days! Like, share, donate, support and spread kindness wherever you go 🥰💛

Please donate any little bit helps xo 😘